European Rugby Champions Cup: Leinster duo Dave Kearney and Eoin Reddan doubts after Wasps draw

Ireland have been handed a blow ahead of their Six Nations defence with the news that Dave Kearney and Eoin Reddan both suffered injuries as Leinster squeaked through to the Champions Cup quarter-finals at Wasps.

Wasps rallied for a 20-20 draw with 14 points in the final quarter and now their hopes of reaching the last eight rest on results elsewhere across the weekend.

Dave Kearney has got a bang on his shoulder. It's significant and he could be out for several weeks. Eoin Reddan has a medial strain on his knee.

Wing Kearney picked up a "significant" shoulder problem after being upended while in mid-air by Wasps flanker Ashley Johnson, who received a yellow card for the challenge.

Scrum-half Reddan trudged off with knee ligament damage as Leinster blew a comfortable lead, and head coach Matt O'Connor admitted both Reddan and Kearney are doubts for Ireland's Six Nations opener in Italy on February 7.

"Dave (Kearney) has got a bang on his shoulder. It's significant and he could be out for several weeks," O'Connor said. "Eoin Reddan has a medial strain on his knee."

Johnson was fortunate to escape a red card for upending the airborne Kearney after just 24 seconds of the match.

"The frustration for us is we lose a bloke for 80 minutes; they lose a bloke for 10 minutes," O’Connor said. "Now that doesn't make sense to me, but I haven't seen the incident again.

"I don't know whether it was right or wrong. A bloke takes a guy out illegally, and we lose a guy which compromises the bench, and they lose a bloke for 10 minutes.

"There is a duty of care on the player to make sure guys land safely."

Heaslip soldiering on

Leinster's Ireland No 8 Jamie Heaslip also came off in the second half, but O'Connor is confident he will be fit to feature in the Six Nations

We're very disappointed. We've probably got a slim chance of going through, but we've relinquished control.

"Jamie's still carrying that shoulder,” he added. “He was struggling a little so fresh legs were going to be important."

While Leinster secured safe passage to the last eight, Wasps must now hold their breath for the rest of the weekend to see if they can claim a best runner-up spot.

Wasps could need Clermont to beat Saracens, Glasgow to beat Bath at the Recreation Ground and Ulster to see off Leicester at Ravenhill.

Wasps boss Dai Young said he will not tune into the television coverage of the rest of the weekend's action that will decide his side's fate.

"We're very disappointed,” Young said. “We've probably got a slim chance of going through, but we've relinquished control.

"Sarries and Bath are in the mix, but we need teams to do us favours.

"If we do get a bit of luck, we'd be thrilled to be in the knockout stages. I think we've shown our quality. Everyone wrote us off after we lost our first two games.”